Aiming to enhance food safety by promoting hygiene in the production and processing of food, EHEDG and the U.S. American 3-A Sanitary Standards organization have many common goals and a similar mission. Both organizations exchange their draft guidelines and standards for expert review and comments before publication. The latest issue of the EHEDG Glossary was developed in co-operation with 3-A and can be downloaded from the Free Documents section.

Matrix

The contents of all EHEDG guidelines have been cross-referenced with those of 3-A Standards Inc. and are summarized in a matrix available for download (XLS).

Free documents

The EHEDG Working Groups have published various documents which are available for free download such as position papers and Guideline Doc. 8 on the basic requirements of hygienic design.

Download & Order Information

EHEDG Company and Institute Members have access to all guidelines in all language versions for free download (PDF files) after member log-in. Please contact the EHEDG Secretariat in case of unknown company or instute log-in details.

Individual EHEDG Members benefit from a 50 % discount when purchasing guidelines from the Webshop at a price of 59.50 Euros per document. Note that EHEDG member data are stored in the shop system and the discount will be automatically deducted after check-out.

Non-Members can order the EHEDG guidelines from the Webshop at a non-discounted rate of 119 Euros per document.

NOTE: Reproduction or further distribution of the EHEDG guidelines is strictly prohibited! All documents downloaded or purchased are intended to be exclusively used by the EHEDG Member or the guideline customer.